Shakespeare Report
William Shakespeare lived a fairly ordinary life, considering what historians know about him. Born April 23, 1564, he died on the exact same date 42 years later, both events occurring in England. He was born to Mary Arden and John Shakespeare. While in his childhood, William lived amongst his five younger siblings: Gilbert, Richard, Edmund, Joan, and Anne. Starting at age seven, William attended a Stratford grammar school until age fifteen. By eighteen years old, he had already married. He and his wife had a daughter named Susanna in 1583, and a pair of twins named Judith and Hamnet two years later. Unfortunately, what William Shakespeare did in the next few years of his life-- 1583 through 1592-- remains unknown. For this reason, those years became dubbed as “the Second Lost Period.” And though it is unsure, several theories exist. One of the more prominent ones include the deduction that William had participated in illegal hunting on some land in Charlecote, and as a result, had to leave town.
Throughout his life, Shakespeare wrote thirty-eight plays, two narrative poems, and several short poems and sonnets. At the age of twenty-eight years old, in 1592, he started working in the theatre in London. The first and last plays published by him became known as King Henry and King Henry VIII, both collaborations with another playwright named John Fletcher. But the whole of William Shakespeare’s writing career seems to have gone through several
William Shakespeare is known to be the “greatest English-speaking writer in history” and an England’s national poet, actor, and an extremely successful playwright. During Shakespeare’s acting career in London, he started writing all about “European geography, culture, and diverse personalities (History.com).” Willm Shakspere or William Shakspeare, as written by him, then went on to write plays. His first three plays were all created around or a little before 1592 and captured the core studied categories; tragedy (Titus Andronicus), comedy (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew), and history (Henry VI trilogy and Richard III). He wrote plays and sonnets for many theater companies, was one of the main playwrights for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was renamed the King’s Men when James I was in charge, and formed the Globe theater in 1599 with other partners. Shakespeare’s unique language, themes, verses, format, characters, and plots makes his writing universal to every culture and time period. Shakespeare is still taught in school nowadays due to its’ educational and transitional purposes. Shakespeare continues to influence modern-day life and I believe will for a long time to come.
William Shakespeare is a well-known and recognized English poet. Born in the year of 1564 and 1616 marked the end of his time. In his twenties, Shakespeare decided to move to London and took up the role of being an actor and a playwright. It wasn’t until 1594 that he began his career with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the leading theater company at the time. Shakespeare spent his time pumping out 37 written plays and over 150 poems, which only provoked him into becoming a prominent playwright, figure in his successful work output. Shakespeare didn’t only revert to tragedies such as Macbeth, but combined fascinating plots, strong characters and beautifully constructed poetry in his plays. So inspiring that even to this day, Shakespeare and
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church on April 26, 1564. His name can be spelt in many different ways. He got married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway and had three children, but their third child was the only one that survived infancy. He pursued in his acting career. His first two poems were “Venus and Adonis”, made in 1593, and “The Rape of Lucrece”, made in 1594. He joined Lord Chamberlain’s company of actors in 1594. He then joined a group of Chamberlain's Men that would build and operate “The Globe” (the most famous playhouse of its time.) He wrote 30 more plays in history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Shakespeare also wrote 152 sonnets (which are 14
William Shakespeare was born more than four hundred years ago, in April fifteen sixty-four. At a young age, Shakespeare married his wife and together they raised two daughters. Over time he became both prosperous and well-known for his acting, poetry, and playwriting (“Shakespeare's Life”). Shakespeare wrote more than thirty plays in his lifetime. His plays can be categorized as histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances. In the beginning, most of his plays were comedies and histories but over time he expanded his horizons writing the plays he is best known for today, such as Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth (‘Poet William Shakespeare’). In Shakespeare's well-known play Macbeth, Macbeth
William Shakespeare was a famous play maker but little do people know that he wrote a lot of poems . He was born in Stratford-On-Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1564. He was 62 when he died. In his lifetime he married Anne Hathaway, had three children, two girls but the boy died in early boyhood, he joined a bunch of groups, he learned Latin and a little bit of Greek. Shakespeare wrote his first poems only because the theaters was closed due to the plague. During writing his poems he invented thousands of words. Often combing words that are in different languages such as Latin and Greek. Some of the words that he created are; arch-villain, birthplace, and bloodsucking. His poems were described as " immortalization of beauty and love in poetry." He created 5 long narrative poems. Shakespeare is often known by England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon." He went to King's new school. After the birth of his twins, there where no records recorded, these years were called the "Lost Years." There are some theories for the sudden disappearance. One was that he went into hiding for poaching animal skins from his landlord. Another theory is that he was working
Considered by many as the world’s greatest playwright, he still manages to change the world to this very day. William Shakespeare, son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, was born around April 23 1564. Although he lived around 400 years ago his work still thrives to this day. Unlike many writers during his lifetime he managed to majorly impact not only his society but also our modern society through all his numerous achieves in poetry, acting, and playwriting. Although what people know about Shakespeare remains rather unknown, historians managed to piece together his life trough research, estimation, and indirect information.
Shakespeare was known for his play and acting in theater. He moved to london to proceed in a career in theater. After a career in acting, Shakespeare had enough experience to make his own play rights. Shakespeare's first play Henry VI Part 1 in the year 1590-91. After he started to notice how much attention he was getting and made more playwrights. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and his most famous play are Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. He had a theater called Globe Theater and were most of Shakespeare's
William Shakespeare was born on April 26th 1564[1] in Stratford on-Avon to parents John and Mary. Growing up, he received a good education for a country boy of that period. He attended the village elementary school, was tutored by his mother and others, and learned a great deal by himself[2]. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, had his first child, Susanna in 1583 followed by twins Judith and Hamnet in 1585. Documentation ends here. From the years 1586 to 1592, there is little to no information about his activities and whereabouts. During this unaccounted for period of time, Shakespeare had to get from Stratford to London, where his presence was first
Shakespeare’s life was a mystery because majority of his life was never documented. However, church records indicates that he was born April 23, 1564(Bardweb). William was born of John Shakespeare, a Glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. He was third out of eight children, in which three of them died before reaching their adolescents years. Scholars surmise that he attended a grammar school in Stratford(Biography). In 1582, William was only 18 when he encountered marriage. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and they birthed three children named Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet(Bardweb). Hamnet was first to die at age 11. Seven years after the birth of his twins, Shakespeare disappeared from all records. This period in history in known has “The Lost Years”. After living a successful life, Shakespeare died April
William Shakespeare has been a mystery to literature lovers for centuries. There is actually very little known about the life of William Shakespeare; nonetheless, he has been inspiring literature and theater for over 400 years. There is no record of an exact birth date for Shakespeare, however, he, “was baptized in the parish church of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire on April 26, 1564.” Just like his birth, Shakespeare’s educational history remains a mystery. In Stratford, there is a free grammar school and, without certainty, it is presumed that he obtained his education there. By 1592, Shakespeare’s popularity grew and he began to emerge as a playwright. However, at that time, theaters were closed due to riots and the plague. After the
William Shakespeare, the third of eight children born, was born in 1564 from the rural town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. William, along with his seven siblings, grew up in the middle class with his mother, Mary Arden, and father, John Shakespeare, who was a successful glove maker. Shakespeare grew up and met his wife Anne Hathaway. Records show William and his wife got married in 1582. The theory has been proposed that “Shakespeare, at the age of 18, was forced to marry Anne, since their first child, Susanna, was born about six months” after their wedding (Forster). Currently, Shakespeare is most known for writing 37 plays that are then divided into comedies, tragedies, and histories along with 154 sonnets (Forster). Nonetheless, several scholars doubt the authorship William Shakespeare. However, the question of Shakespeare’s Authorships did not begin recently. In fact, the question arose in the late eighteenth century (Goldman).
Like other boys like Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era, Shakespeare studied Latin grammar in his early school years, then made is way to the study of logic, rhetoric, composition, oration, versification, and the monuments of Roman literature. Shakespeare’s first extant play is believed to be The Comedy of Errors (1590; like most dates for the plays, this may be a year or two off) (William Shakespeare Encyclopedia). The plays of the earlier 1590’s forged Shakespeare’s reputation to be a great one, and led on with his literary works with a mixed group of tragedy, history, and comedy—Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice led towards the core of Shakespeare’s playwriting career as a leading dramatist. (William Shakespeare, Dictionary of
William Shakespeare is best known as England’s National Poet and also known as the “Bard of Avon.” He is credited for writing 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and other poems. Throughout Shakespeare’s career, his purpose of writing evolved over time. Shakespeare drew inspiration for his works through various authors, the death of his son, and the exploration of the meaning of life towards the end of his career. These life experiences shaped some of the greatest pieces of literature written in the English Renaissance Era.
Shakespeare was a great writer, but there are some questions regarding his work as a play writer. When his plays were not published until after his death, some questions were raised about whether Shakespeare was the one who really wrote them. As an example, “Who else could have written his plays? How could Shakespeare describe certain scenery’s of places in his plays that he had never been to or seen? Was Shakespeare educated enough to write them himself? This research essay will cover some of the questions asked about Shakespeare’s work as a play writer.
In the 1590s, William Shakespeare was known for being a national poet. He had a nickname, “Bard of avon” because of where he was born. He was a actor, english poet, and one of the best writers in the world. He was known very well for his writing except for his personal life. His personal life is not known very well but some parts were told. William had 7 siblings and he was the third one born of the eight. William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564 in England, and he died on April 23rd, 1616 in England on his 52nd birthday. He retired from writing plays 3 months before he died. William Shakespeare died a month later after signing his will, when he signed his will he was healthy and perfectly fine, Weird right?!